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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/nutcracker?lang=nl>

These forceps were sometimes used during childbirth to retrieve a child. Characteristic are the stainless steel, the wide jaws and the short arms. After all, it was not allowed to exert great force on the head. The arms of many forceps were connected without a pivot so that they could easily be taken apart. The physician could then safely push one part of the forceps to the left and the other to the right of the child's head. [MOT]

Usually semicircular, but also sometimes completely round elongated metal grater of sheet iron with which nutmegs can be finely grated. These graters have a separate place where the nuts can be stored, usually at the top and closed with a lid. The grater can also be placed in a container in which both the nuts can be stored and in which the finely grated nutmeg can be collected. See also nutmeg mill. [MOT]

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/needle-nose-pliers?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/nylon-face-hammer?lang=nl>

Notching knife of a wood engraver.

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/orange-peeler?lang=nl>

The ore pick (1) is a hand tool used by dockworkers when unloading a ship's hold or moving bulk cargo such as ores. Compared to various picks, the metal is remarkably long (approx. 60-95 cm) in relation to the wooden handle (approx. 60-75 cm), which is almost at right angles connected in an eye. The pick narrows to a point, which is hammered into the ore to break it free for further scooping. [MOT] (1) The proper name in English is yet unknown. The tool was certainly used by dockers in the port of Antwerp (EECKELAERT: 417).

You can find more technical information about the oyster knife on this page in dutch. [MOT]

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/needle-threader?lang=nl>